Calories and Carbohydrates: Twelfth Revised Edition (Barbara Kraus' Calories & Carbohydrates) [Paperback]

Barbara Kraus (Author)

Book Description

Series: Barbara Kraus' Calories & Carbohydrates | Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Designed for dieters, an updated edition lists, with cross references, the calorie and carbohydrate content of more than 8,500 brand-name and basic foods, according to size of portion.

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The most complete and comprehensive guide in existence. -- Gene Shalit --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 12th Rev edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451190270
• ISBN-13: 978-0451190277
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,147,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Calories and Carbohydrates: New Revised Edition (Paperback)

Most of these books list portions by size, like 1/2 cup of cantaloupe or 1 medium orange. What is a "medium" orange? What if the cantaloupe is a wedge (and thus does not fit into a measuring cup)? I searched for a book that gave calorie counts by the ounce or the gram. This book is the closest I have found. It does give calories by weight, but not by the ounce/gram. For example, for "orange", it gives a calorie count for 1 pound of oranges with the skin on. It also gives a calorie count for 8.5 ounces of segments. I would recommend this book over the other calorie counters I have found, but if you are also counting fat, you will have to supplement it with another book, as this book only gives calorie and carbohydrate counts.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great book if you can't read the back of a box., January 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Barbara Kraus Calories and Carbohydrates (Revised Edition) (Barbara Kraus' Calories & Carbohydrates) (Paperback)

I was looking for a book that would give me calorie values for foods that don't have packages. Like how many calories are there in a grilled cheese sandwich? Well, you certainly won't find that in this book. It is filled with pages and pages of calorie values for foods. And 90% of them have brand names attached. 5 pages of listings for ice cream! It would take you 10 minutes to find the brand you have at home. Better to just read the back of the container. It does have some USDA listings - such as ground beef - which are very helpful, but you have to wade thru so much other stuff that it's very hard to use. Not to mention that some of the information is horribly out of date. ie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal!?!

If you want to find out which brand of ice cream has the lowest calories, I can see how this book would be useful, but given the out of date references you'd probably be lucky if you found it at the store anyway.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Help for those that are dieting, July 30, 2007

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R.E. Saunders - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barbara Kraus' Calories and Carbohydrates: (16th Edition) (Paperback)

I have the original printing of this book which finally has worn out , so I replaced it. I have yet to find a more helpful book for any dieter. It is invaluable.